Welch News

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., is hoping to secure a significant federal funding boost for the King Coal Highway in Mercer County, and the proposed Colonial Intermodal Center planned for downtown Bluefield.

Gary Staton dropped off his 9 children last September under Nebraska's Safe Haven law.

At just 6 years old, January Schofield has schizophrenia. She suffers from delusions and hallucinations, and has such violent fits that even her parents feel threatened, the Los Angeles Times reported.

This is one of a series of columns about what local folks are doing to '' Make a Difference'' in these economically challenging times.

The family of a 19-year-old Iranian man killed during clashes between security forces and protesters in Tehran said morgue officials demanded they pay a $3,000 "bullet fee" before they were allowed to take his body, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

McDowell County officials are pursuing a 23-acre "green build" housing development that could utilize solar or wind energy.

While we've all heard sad tales of high school students not being allowed to graduate at the last moment because of senior pranks gone wrong, a student losing his diploma for blowing a kiss to his mother as he walked the commencement stage has to be a first.

State auditors will return to McDowell County in the fall to determine whether the county's school system has corrected problems that led to a state takeover.

Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, and his wife, Suzy Welch, are doing a series of reality videos online for a Microsoft ad campaign.

Two fugitives on the run from the state of Oklahoma have been nabbed in Bradshaw by the McDowell County Sheriff's Department.

Two fugitives on the run from the state of Oklahoma have been nabbed in Bradshaw by the McDowell County Sheriff's Department.

An investigation into the discovery of sexually explicit photographs of a juvenile found at a residence in Alaska has resulted in the arrest of a McDowell County woman on multiple charges, police said Monday.

A line of thunderstorms passing through the area - some violent at times - raced through Four Seasons Country Wednesday afternoon, bringing reports of some downed trees and isolated power outages in parts of the region.

There are more than 300 jobs available, in all. WELCH- -- Job recruitment continues for the new federal prison in McDowell County.

The U.S. recession is set to end "soon," but continued job losses and plunging house prices point to an economic recovery that will be more moderate than those experienced in previous downturns, a survey showed.

BLUEFIELD, Va. - A Tazewell County, Va. woman was arrested and charged with child endangerment Thursday after her daughter was found alone in a vehicle with an interior temperature of 105 degrees.

In a two-hour period Friday night, hundreds of graduates across Mercer, McDowell and Monroe counties took a giant step toward their future.

May 27, 2009 WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings Part 2: Summer Movies By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor Huntington, WV - Two tent-poles busted frames Memorial Day weekend lending their different genres and special effects for an all out war at the Multiplex.

More than half of the 320 new full time jobs at the new federal prison taking shape in McDowell County will be filled with local residents.

While finding a job this summer will be a little bit harder for area graduates, local businesses are still hiring and still looking for summer help, according to job officials.